F1 Standings 2025: Is Max Verstappen's title race over?

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F1 Standings 2025: Is Max Verstappen's title race over?

The F1 2025 standings after the Qatar GP sprint

Originally written by Kerry Violet. This version is a translation.

Sunday 30 November 2025 03:03

Four-time F1 champion Max Verstappen has edged further away from a fifth title after Saturday's sprint at the Qatar Grand Prix.

Verstappen could only manage fourth in the 19-lap event, with rivals Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris ahead of him in first and third respectively.

Heading into the penultimate race weekend of the season, Verstappen was equal on points with Piastri, with the pair 24 points behind drivers' standings leader Norris.

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Piastri continued his dominant weekend by taking the sprint victory and the maximum eight championship points that came with it.

The Mercedes of George Russell split the two McLarens, with Norris finishing P3, adding six points to his lead. Verstappen came away from the sprint with five points, meaning the gap has now been cut to just 25 points between Red Bull's star driver and McLaren's leading man

Norris also has a 22-point advantage over his team-mate Piastri heading into the penultimate race of the year.

Here are the full F1 standings after the sprint race at the Qatar GP!

F1 Drivers' Standings after 2025 Qatar Grand Prix Sprint

Position	Driver	Team	Points
1	Lando Norris	McLaren	396
2	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	374
3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	371
4	George Russell	Mercedes	301
5	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	226
6	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	152
7	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	140
8	Alex Albon	Williams	73
9	Isack Hadjar	Racing Bulls	51
10	Nico Hulkenberg	Kick Sauber	49
11	Carlos Sainz	Williams	49
12	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	42
13	Ollie Bearman	Haas	41
14	Liam Lawson	Racing Bulls	36
15	Esteban Ocon	Haas	32
16	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	32
17	Yuki Tsunoda	Red Bull	32
18	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	22
19	Gabriel Bortoleto	Kick Sauber	19
20	Franco Colapinto	Alpine	0
21	Jack Doohan	Alpine	0

F1 Constructors' Standings after 2025 Qatar Grand Prix Sprint

Position	Team	Points
1	McLaren	770
2	Mercedes	441
3	Red Bull	400
4	Ferrari	378
5	Williams	122
6	Racing Bulls	90
7	Aston Martin	74
8	Haas	73
9	Kick Sauber	68
10	Alpine	22

2025 rule change removes fastest lap point

The fastest lap point has been removed for the 2025 season. Since 2019, drivers have picked up an extra point if they finish in the top 10 and achieve the fastest lap.

However, in the past, this led to some drivers abandoning their races to pit and fit a new set of tyres in the final stages of the race in order to claim the fastest lap point or prevent a rival from getting the extra point, playing the tactical long game in the championship standings.

The most famous example of this last season came during Daniel Ricciardo's final F1 race, when the Australian finished last but claimed the fastest lap on the final lap of the Singapore GP, taking the extra point away from Norris and helping Verstappen's 2024 title bid.

Written by

Kerry Violet - F1 News Editor

Having graduated from the University of Sheffield with a 2:1 in Journalism in 2022, Kerry continued her pursuit of finding a full-time position in motorsport through work with the F1 Arcade in London, where she got to meet true fans of the sport and make a live grand prix watch party memorable for them. It was here that she confirmed her dream of combining her background in journalism and love of motorsport, going on to volunteer with the female-led platform Empoword Journalism. Having completed stints as a screen editor and sports editor, Kerry landed her first F1-specific editorial role with GPFans and has thoroughly enjoyed continuing to work closely with the sport ever since. The access GPFans offers Kerry has allowed her to interview big names such as Naomi Schiff and David Coulthard and given her experiences she could only have dreamt of as a young F1 fan.

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